what do you feed ??

[jack]

Every person in this hobby, whether new or old to the hobby; keeping a Planted, Chichlids, Marines, Goldfish, Shrimps or just anything in tank, you have to answer the questions about feeding. Let's make this a place to share our feeding habits and logic behind what, when, how, and how much.
(try to keep the format and add your answers)

1.)When do you feed your tank?

2.)What do you feed your tank (brand name if you know it?)

3.)How much do you feed your tank at each feeding?

4.)How do you prepare what you are feeding?

5.)How do you feed (feed tube, throw it on top, etc)?

6.)What is the primary reason you feed in the way you do? (less feeding for nitrate control, a certain food for a certain coral, or feeding more for a certain fish species, etc)

7.)Anything special you have learned about feeding or a food recipe you use.

8.)Basic Tank information: Tank size in US Gallons OR liters and heavy, medium, or light fish population?

[jack]

ok i will start with my tanks

TANK 1 (semi planted and Angle tank)

1.)When do you feed your tank?

I feed this tank basically 2 to 3 times a day, Morning, afternoon and night.

2.)What do you feed your tank (brand name if you know it?)

I am foodie and in food business i hate monotous food everyday, so as my fish
my list is
tetra bits
tetra bits energy
brine shrimps gel
sprilinua flakes
brineshrimps flakes
ADA gold
ADA regular
Cyclopezee Wafers
Hikari Biogold
Hikari chichlids pellets
algae wafers
ADA garlic flakes
Bloodworm mix and many more forget the names

3.)How much do you feed your tank at each feeding?

i feed give frequent feedings, so my quantity is very less consumed less than 1 to 1.5 minute

4.)How do you prepare what you are feeding?

its complicated and long process just open the packet and feed

5.)How do you feed (feed tube, throw it on top, etc)?

throw it on the top except the cyclopezee wafer which i feed once a week, i soak them in garlic and then feed.

6.)What is the primary reason you feed in the way you do? (less feeding for nitrate control, a certain food for a reason, or feeding more for a certain fish species, etc)

no reason but i have seen when ever i feed cyclopezee wafers and brine shrimp gel (i got from Italy) the angles triggers in to breeding. Trust me once a week i see my 4 confirm pairs of angles in 4 corners protecting the eggs, but no time to take efforts to breed

7.)Anything special you have learned about feeding or a food recipe you use.

Go for the Best is my motto.

8.)Basic Tank information: Tank size in US Gallons OR liters and heavy, medium, or light fish population?

light population
around 400 liters


TANK 2 (nano tank)


1.)When do you feed your tank?

2 times a day

2.)What do you feed your tank (brand name if you know it?)

anything i feel like from the above mentioned list

3.)How much do you feed your tank at each feeding?

less than a flake

4.)How do you prepare what you are feeding?

ready to eat

5.)How do you feed (feed tube, throw it on top, etc)?

soak it and then try to semi float

6.)What is the primary reason you feed in the way you do? (less feeding for nitrate control, a certain food for a certain coral, or feeding more for a certain fish species, etc)

less waste and nitrate control

7.)Anything special you have learned about feeding or a food recipe you use.

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8.)Basic Tank information: Tank size in US Gallons OR liters and heavy, medium, or light fish population?

around 25 liters
4 threadfin tetra

TANK 3 (MARINE) (havent spend much time with marine though have all type of food)

1.)When do you feed your tank?

three times, morning, afternoon and night

2.)What do you feed your tank (brand name if you know it?)

variety of hikari foods
algae wafers
3 types of sea weeds
carnivorous and herbivorous blocks
cyclopezee wafers
garlic flakes
NLS range of food
and many more dont really remember the name

3.)How much do you feed your tank at each feeding?

that can be consumed in less than 2 mins

4.)How do you prepare what you are feeding?

ready to use.

5.)How do you feed (feed tube, throw it on top, etc)?

throw in on top and some times soak in garlic

6.)What is the primary reason you feed in the way you do? (less feeding for nitrate control, a certain food for a certain coral, or feeding more for a certain fish species, etc)

less food less problems

7.)Anything special you have learned about feeding or a food recipe you use.

8.)Basic Tank information: Tank size in US Gallons OR liters and heavy, medium, or light fish population?

around 900 liters
just couple of fishes

[jack]

how could i forget i sometimes feed live worms..... and give a fast for 2 meals once a week that is usually sunday

[Abhi]

1.)When do you feed your tank?
Morning & evening, Sundays Thrice.

2.)What do you feed your tank (brand name if you know it?)
1. Hikari , cichlid bio gold, marine A and marine S, discus bio gold, freeze dried blood worms.
2. NLS Thera A
3. Ocean Nutrition formula one flake, Brine shrimp flake
4. Sera Marin flakes
5. Brine shrimp in gel base


3.)How much do you feed your tank at each feeding?

Food that gets finished in 1-2 mins

4.)How do you prepare what you are feeding?
Mixology

5.)How do you feed (feed tube, throw it on top, etc)?
Spread it on top, While had marine target feed sometimes

6.)What is the primary reason you feed in the way you do? (less feeding for nitrate control, a certain food for a certain coral, or feeding more for a certain fish species, etc)
No specific reason

7.)Anything special you have learned about feeding or a food recipe you use.
Deworming for large SA cichlids and FH
8.)Basic Tank information: Tank size in US Gallons OR liters and heavy, medium, or light fish population?

35 Gal : Moderate fish Load
65 Gal: Moderate fish load
10 Gal: Light fish load
55 Gal: Moderate fish load

[jack]

its just Abhi is feeding his fishes ?? common guys please share... we can create a good data base of whats all is feed.

[SCORPIO]

1.)When do you feed your tank?
Ans: Twice a day

2.)What do you feed your tank (brand name if you know it?)
Ans: Tetra Bits, Aquael food, Hikari discus bio gold, dried worms etc. and peas.

3.)How much do you feed your tank at each feeding?
Ans: I feed 3-4 times each time. Offer only half no of food grains at a time so that fishes can pick quickly.

4.)How do you prepare what you are feeding?
Ans: Opens packet/box and offers in the aquarium.

5.)How do you feed (feed tube, throw it on top, etc)?
Ans: Through from the top. If I out of station, I prepares two packet of each day for each aquarium. Put these packets over the aquarium hood. My brother offers foods to them.

6.)What is the primary reason you feed in the way you do? (less feeding for nitrate control, a certain food for a certain coral, or feeding more for a certain fish species, etc)
Ans: I like Controlled feeding so that less waste in the aquarium.

7.)Anything special you have learned about feeding or a food recipe you use.
Ans: Most of fishes also eat vegetation in the natural habitat. So we should add some vegetation in their food. I don't offers them any type of live food. But always keep some RCS and native shrimps in the tank so that they can occasionally got live food by their efforts.

8.)Basic Tank information: Tank size in US Gallons OR liters and heavy, medium, or light fish population?
At present I have following tanks:
1. 90 X 45 X 45 >> Planted tank with RCS and Zebra Danios, 1 male betta
2. 90 X 45 X 45 >> Brakish with with mono angels and native indian crabs
3. 72 X 38 X 38 >> Planted Aquarium with Horadandia atukorali
4. 45 X 30 X 30 >> No fish at present
5. 20 X 20 X 20 >> Planted with a pair of endler guppy

[Romi]

My report:

1.)When do you feed your tank?

Usually twice a day. Sometimes, more often when i feel some fish needs extra care.

2.)What do you feed your tank (brand name if you know it?)

Dry foods: Hikari Tropical Flakes, Hikari Goldfish Flakes, Sera Flakes (one of either type depending on what i have of the three then), Tetrabits, Today's Dried Blood Worms, Aquafin Algae wafer (dont like it, just waiting for it to finish), Aquadene Micropellets (fish dont like it usually, so the snails get it!), Today's Dried Tubifex cubes.

Life foods: Compost worms (rarely now, since only angels are large enough for them), Grindals (all small and medium fish), Romifex-microfex (every single fish, when i have enough of this fine red worm type), Microworms (for fry, small guppies, adult threadfin raibows)

3.)How much do you feed your tank at each feeding?

Two pinches of each, usually, for dry food. For worms, depending on fish appetite and culture capacity!

4.)How do you prepare what you are feeding?

Dry food is obviously fed in that form. The live food is cultured in plastic tub and plastic shaving boxes.

5.)How do you feed (feed tube, throw it on top, etc)?

Drop it in! No fish i like want it different.

6.)What is the primary reason you feed in the way you do? (less feeding for nitrate control, a certain food for a certain coral, or feeding more for a certain fish species, etc)

The way i have decided the fish like it, is they way i feed it. Every species is a learning curve. Every life food is a learning curve. Too much to extrapolate here. But learning is enjoying, ....

7.)Anything special you have learned about feeding or a food recipe you use.

Dry food is 30% wasted overall, live food is eaten right away and usually 100%. Fish lives can be saved with live food, and breeding projects put in fast forward mode with them. Dry food is good for when u dont have time, or your life food is not available (happens often enough).

8.)Basic Tank information: Tank size in US Gallons OR liters and heavy, medium, or light fish population?

Four tanks curreently, all roughly 2-footers, None aquascaped. One bare except for wood and sponge filter. Eheim 2213 retired for time being. just using Boyu and Ejet Sponge filters. Fish population comprises Threadfin Rainbows, Gouramis, Emerald Dwarf Rasboras, Cobra-halfbalck-moscow guppies, Angelfish, Upside-down Mystus Catish.

Whew! Long story!

[Romi]

I didnt mention the mosquito larvae that i fed my guppies, raboras, gouramis etc for a decade. The dengue scare forced me to empty the tanks and tubs outside. Who wants to pay a fine of 5k?> not me

[ishaan]

1.)When do you feed your tank?
Twice a day, morning and night.

2.)What do you feed your tank (brand name if you know it?)
Hikari Algae Wafers And hikari shrimp cuisine for shrimp + ottos tank
Live mosquito larva for Betta Tank

3.)How much do you feed your tank at each feeding?
just 2 wafers to the shrimp tank and few mosquitoes larva to the betta.

4.)How do you prepare what you are feeding?
I just net out the larvas and wash them before feeding and for the pellets/ wafers directly feed them.

5.)How do you feed (feed tube, throw it on top, etc)?
Usually throw at the top making sure there is no plant at the bottom.

6.)What is the primary reason you feed in the way you do? (less feeding for nitrate control, a certain food for a certain coral, or feeding more for a certain fish species, etc)
I keep in mind that there is no plant at the bottom so that i am able to observe them

7.)Anything special you have learned about feeding or a food recipe you use.
Nothing

8.)Basic Tank information: Tank size in US Gallons OR liters and heavy, medium, or light fish population?
Betta Tank: 7.5
Shrimp tank: 33.7

[VishaalDalal]

1.)When do you feed your tank?

Usually twice a day. Morning and Night.

2.)What do you feed your tank (brand name if you know it?)

Dry foods:Tetrabits, Today's Dried Blood Worms, Today's Dried Tubifex cubes. home made food(animal liver20%, Shrimp 10%, Fish 5%, mixed some food pellets bought when I started and did not know better, a little bit of Garlic, Yeast, and set in geletin)

Life foods: Compost worms (rarely now, since only angels are large enough for them), Romifex-microfex culture recently obtained from Vijender

3.)How much do you feed your tank at each feeding?

one measure of a very small plastic spoon(came with the Yogurt) for dry food. Peas and home made food every second third day as much as can be eaten in 2-3 minutes

4.)How do you prepare what you are feeding?

Dry food is fed directly and the home made food is kept in the freezer and crushed before being fed same for Peas which are blanched and chushed.

5.)How do you feed (feed tube, throw it on top, etc)?

open the top and drop

6.)What is the primary reason you feed in the way you do? (less feeding for nitrate control, a certain food for a certain coral, or feeding more for a certain fish species, etc)

I like to look at them when they eat

7.)Anything special you have learned about feeding or a food recipe you use.

Fish will eat anything (almost) if hungry enough but are healthier on a mixed diet

8.)Basic Tank information: Tank size in US Gallons OR liters and heavy, medium, or light fish population?

2 tanks 30x14x20 and 24x12x15 both planted only one scaped gourami (spotted) swordtail pineapple, endlers